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Gambling to Pay the Bills
Two Mathematicians Write the Book on How to Beat the Casinos and Kiss Your Boss Goodbye
Michael Konik
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Michael Douglas, May/Jun 98
"Professional gambler." It's a contradiction in terms on the magnitude of "civil war." There's no such thing, right?
In the long run, according to conventional wisdom, frequent gamblers are losers. The more time these degenerates spend in a casino, the more money they eventually give away. To be a "professional gambler," then, is to be a full-time loser.
The seductive gambling advertisements in the classified section of most major metropolitan newspapers--"I'll show you how to make big money at craps!!!"--are frauds. Your Uncle Murray, who threatens to quit his dry cleaning business (since he claims to win at roulette every time he visits Atlantic City), is a congenital liar. And that friend of a friend of your wife's who has figured out "a system" for picking "hot" slot machines is soon to be admitted to Bellevue. So much for this farfetched career of "professional gambler."
There's no such thing, right?
Meet David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth--authors and, believe it or not, professional gamblers.
Most days you will find them at The Mirage poker room (see Cigar Aficionado, Spring 1996), in their hometown of Las Vegas, playing anything from $40-$80 Stud to $75-$150 Omaha. Some days you might find them in the legal card rooms around Los Angeles, where there's a juicy game of Lowball. On others they might be prospecting the poker games at a new casino in Mississippi or Connecticut. When a profitable promo-tion (blackjack paying 2-1, for example) crops up, they'll be there to take advantage of the casino's generosity. If a sports or horse-racing book posts odds that are dramatically "wrong," they're ready to pounce. And if the progressive meter on a video poker machine has become mathematically attractive, they might even park themselves in front of a glowing screen for a few days. Wherever Sklansky and Malmuth gamble, you can be sure of this: they will be playing with a positive expectation. And, in the long run, they will be winning.
Year in and year out, they will be winning. Their "salary" is in the six figures, and they enjoy many of the perquisites of the good life. Plus, they have no boss to answer to, no business hours they must keep. They don't go to work if they don't feel like it. And they don't have to wear a tie. Their "office" is the casino.
How many Americans long for such a life? How many people dream of making their own rules, getting by on their wits, being free? Here's the truth: like any "glamorous" profession (actor, athlete, magazine publisher), being a professional gambler can be frustrating, heartbreaking and enormously difficult.
But it can be done.
Sklansky and Malmuth--and countless others--are living proof. For the thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of honest working people who wish that they, too, could replace their buttoned-down collar with a comfortable crew neck, stay out late on a Wednesday night, and owe a reasonable explanation to nobody, being a professional gambler remains nothing more than a frequently recurring fantasy.
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San Francisco, California
February 11, 2005
This is the local family seafood restaurant of Martin and Daniel Ramos that is near the small tunnel in the lower hills. It features fine homemade tortillas and simple authentic fare. It's great for budget travelers. Go early to avoid a line. There is good tortilla soup for 30p, queso fundido in salsa verde for 60p (molcajete), barbeque ribs 65p, huachinango pirey with salsa verde for 90p, stuffed fish for 90p, arrachera (four kinds for 85 to 90p), chicken romero, and shrimp trastamal for 90p. The fish is sometimes overcooked. Many love it, especially for the low prices, but there are mixed reviews. No reservations or credit cards.
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Click here for an updated version of this story: WKYC executive says TV station will stick with decision to remove former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar as preseason color commentator
Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar believes the team and WKYC ousted him Wednesday as the color commentator for their preseason game broadcasts because of his slurred speech that he attributes to concussions he suffered as a player.
Kosar made the assertion in a statement released this morning and expressed hope that WKYC would reconsider the decision to remove him from the broadcast booth.
Solomon Wilcots will replace Kosar as an analyst during preseason games, and Jim Donovan will remain the play-by-play man, the Browns and WKYC announced Wednesday. The Browns also said they're discussing potential new roles with Kosar that could include appearances on their website, radio shows and the pregame telecasts for preseason games.To read more or comment...
The NFL released the 2014 regular-season schedules of all 32 teams tonight. Click here for our story about the Browns' schedule and check out our list of early storylines to watch below.
Week 1: Sun., Sept. 7, at Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS, 1 p.m.
Early storyline: Mike Pettine will make his regular-season debut as an NFL head coach against the team that has tortured the Browns like no other since 1999. Including one postseason game, the Steelers are 26-5 against the Browns during the expansion era.
Week 2: Sun., Sept. 14, New Orleans Saints, FOX, 1 p.m.
Early storyline: Pettine rode the coattails of New York Jets coach Rex Ryan when they were defensive assistants for the Baltimore Ravens. Ryan's twin brother, Rob Ryan, served as the Browns' defensive coordinator from 2009-10, and he'll return to Cleveland in the same capacity with the Saints.To read more or comment...
The NFL released the 2014 regular-season schedules of all 32 teams tonight. Here is the Browns' schedule:
Week 1: Sun., Sept. 7, at Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS, 1 p.m.
Week 2: Sun., Sept. 14, New Orleans Saints, FOX, 1 p.m.
Week 3: Sun., Sept. 21, Baltimore Ravens, CBS, 1 p.m.
Week 4: Sun., Sept. 28, BYE WEEKTo read more or comment...
The Browns and WKYC have replaced former quarterback Bernie Kosar as the color commentator for their preseason game telecasts, the team announced this evening as it unveiled its exhibition schedule.
Veteran commentator Solomon Wilcots will fill Kosar's former role. Jim Donovan will remain the play-by-play man.
Meanwhile, the Browns are discussing potential new roles with Kosar that could include appearances on their website and radio shows. Kosar also could be part of the pregame telecasts for preseason games, but it won't be in his former role as color commentator.
Wilcots is a regular-season analyst for the NFL on CBS. Before launching his broadcast career in 1994, he played defensive back in the NFL for six seasons.To read more or comment...
Considering the attention Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel receives from the media, he should be named the grand marshal of the quarterback parade marching through Berea to visit the Browns this week.
Manziel begins his previously reported pre-draft visit with the Browns today, and it'll continue Thursday, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported this morning. Manziel also conducted a private workout for the Browns this past Saturday.
Otherwise known as "Johnny Football," Manziel is a presumed candidate to be drafted fourth overall by the Browns on May 8. Other top-rated quarterbacks like Central Florida's Blake Bortles and Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater visited the Browns earlier this week, according to reports, and Fresno State's Derek Carr is in town and set to visit the team Thursday.
But it's not just the projected first-round quarterbacks visiting the Browns. Ball State's Keith Wenning wrote on Twitter he would meet with the Browns today. Alabama's AJ McCarron and Georgia's Aaron Murray are also on the list of visitors for this week.To read more or comment...
Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is on a mission to convince the NFL that he has been underrated throughout the pre-draft process.
The Browns are receiving his sales pitch. They're conducting a private workout with McCarron today, and he'll visit the team's headquarters next week, a league source confirmed for the Beacon Journal this morning. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the Browns aren't revealing their itinerary for pre-draft workouts and visits.
If the Browns don't draft a quarterback fourth overall on May 8, they'll certainly target one, if not two, later. They have 10 picks, including five in the first three rounds and seven in the first four rounds.
NFLDraftScout.com projects McCarron as a third- or fourth-round pick, though he has a much higher opinion of himself.To read more or comment...
Cleveland Browns beat writer Nate Ulrich is back on the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio.com podcast this week talking about the signing of fullback Chris Pressley. Does it change the offense or make it more all-weather like head coach Mike Pettine prefers? He also breaks down the Alex Mack contract and if the team's draft plan is any clearer.To read more or comment...
Browns Pro Bowl center Alex Mack is relieved the drama caused by his contract situation ended last week.
Mack met with reporters today at the team's headquarters to discuss the resolution of the ordeal.
After failing to strike a long-term deal with Mack, the Browns placed a transition tag on him last month to prevent him from hitting the open market as an unrestricted free agent. The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Mack to a five-year, $42 million offer sheet on Friday, but the Browns didn't hesitate to match it and retain him.
Mack's new deal includes $26 million guaranteed and gives him the right to void the contract and become a free agent after the 2015 season. The contract was designed to ensure Mack, 28, would not be susceptible to being tagged if he voids the deal after two seasons, and it also contains a no-trade provision. He is scheduled to make $18 million guaranteed in the first two years, and another $8 million guaranteed if he stays with the Browns for a third season.To read more or comment...
Updated at 1:10 p.m.
The Browns have signed Chris Pressley, a traditional fullback they hope will pave the way for running back Ben Tate, an NFL source told the Beacon Journal this morning, speaking on condition of anonymity because the move had yet to be announced.
The Browns later announced the signing this afternoon. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.
The 5-foot-10, 249-pound Pressley spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the Cincinnati Bengals' No. 1 fullback. However, he suffered a season-ending knee injury Dec. 13, 2012, against the Philadelphia Eagles and did not appear in a game last season.To read more or comment...
Transition-tagged Pro Bowl center Alex Mack has signed a five-year, $42 million offer sheet from the Jacksonville Jaguars today, as expected, a league source confirmed for the Beacon Journal, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms of the deal were not announced.
ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the news. The Jaguars later announced Mack had signed their offer sheet, which was subsequently submitted to the NFL.
The Browns have five days, or until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, to match the offer. If they match, Mack will return to Cleveland under the terms of the deal crafted by his lead agent, Marvin Demoff, and the Jaguars.
The Browns are expected to match the offer, Schefter and ProFootballTalk.com reported Thursday.To read more or comment...
To match or not to match? That is the question the Browns face because transition-tagged Pro Bowl center Alex Mack agreed to terms on an offer sheet from the Jacksonville Jaguars and will sign the five-year deal by Friday, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Wednesday.
Once Mack signs the offer sheet, the Browns will have five days to match it, and, according to Schefter, the organization won't hesitate to do so. If the Browns match the offer sheet, Mack will return to Cleveland under the terms of the deal constructed by his lead agent, Marvin Demoff, and the Jaguars.
Citing an unnamed source, Schefter reported this morning that the Browns figure to match the offer sheet "in no time at all." ProFootballTalk.com also reported "the Browns will likely match the offer."
Some financial terms of the offer sheet have surfaced.To read more or comment...
The NFL Draft is still about a month away, but the Browns' new regime will face a crucial decision this week that will affect the organization for years to come.
Browns transition-tagged Pro Bowl center Alex Mack will sign a five-year offer sheet from the Jacksonville Jaguars by Friday, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported today. The deal will be designed to make it as difficult as possible for the Browns to match because Mack wants to play for the Jaguars instead of returning to Cleveland, according to the report.
Once Mack signs the offer sheet, the Browns will have five days to match it.
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Browns Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas expressed confidence Mack would return to Cleveland when they addressed the media Tuesday night before an advance screening of Draft Day at a Cinemark theater in Valley View.To read more or comment...
Mike Pettine will make his preseason debut as an NFL head coach when the Browns visit the Detroit Lions in the exhibition opener for both teams in August.
The NFL unveiled the preseason opponents for all 32 teams this afternoon.
The Browns will announce specific dates and times for all of their preseason games in the near future. The NFL is also expected to release the regular-season schedule this month.
The Browns will open the preseason on the road against the Lions sometime from Aug. 7-10. Then they'll visit the Washington Redskins Aug. 18 for a Monday Night Football exhibition game that'll be nationally televised in prime time on ESPN.To read more or comment...
New Browns wide receiver Nate Burleson is a self-proclaimed "social butterfly," so it's not surprising that he went into great detail while discussing several topics Monday during a 20-minute conference call with beat writers.
Our story for Tuesday's newspaper focuses on the leadership Burleson promises to provide the Browns.
But leadership is hardly the only subject Burleson addressed. Below are some other highlights from the conversation.
Burleson visited the Miami Dolphins last week before meeting with the Browns on Saturday. Was there any hesitation on Burleson's part to join the Browns because of the firing of coach Rob Chudzinski after he spent just one season on the job and all of the turnover the franchise has undergone?: "No, there wasn't. I left Miami and at the time I was leaving Miami, they showed some interest. I have some great relationships over there. I sat there and I told them this is a football decision. So from a football standpoint, I have to go take this trip to Cleveland, plain and simple. And that was just me thinking as a football player. And I'm glad that I did. I was able to sit down and talk with everybody from the GM down to the receivers coach, had dinner with the head coach. Just got a great feel for what they're trying to do. And I think they understood what I wanted to do, and that was win games. At this point in my career, I can either look at it two ways. Year 12, I can say I want to get as many touchdowns and catches as I can, or I can say I want to be productive in a winning program. Injuries have kind of hurt my success over the last couple years in Detroit. In a half season I put up over 400 yards. I'm trying to give Cleveland a healthy Nate Burleson, and a healthy Nate Burleson in 16 games can tap dance around 1,000 yards easily. But more importantly, I can move the chains. Any team can utilize a guy that can move the chains. With the features that they already have and with some of these young guns that they have on this team, I'm just a guy that wants to be a part of it. I'm not going to come in and try to be the man. I just want to be one of the guys that's part of a great winning program."To read more or comment...
Browns General Manager Ray Farmer released a statement today about the addition of wide receiver Nate Burleson. On Sunday night, Burleson and the Browns reached an agreement on a one-year contract.
Here is Farmer's statement:
"We're happy to welcome Nate to the Browns locker room and family. We added Nate because we believe he can play like a Brown, with the added veteran presence that can help young players reach their potential. He's a pro's pro. He's the quality-character person that understands the NFL from all angles and sides. He can play, which is evident in his beginning to last season prior to missing time, with production and value. He will improve our roster and overall competition at the wide-receiver position.
"Like we've said all along, improving the competition at each position and adding pillars to the roster are important to us. We want guys that embody the needed traits, players who are passionate, tough, relentless, productive, instinctive and competitive -- all of which symbolize what it means to play like a Brown. Nate has competed to earn his opportunities and we're excited to have him join the Browns."To read more or comment...
Nate Burleson has been the butt of many pizza-delivery jokes, but the Browns won't care as long as he delivers for them.
The Browns struck a deal tonight on a one-year contract with Burleson, his agent, Ken Sarnoff, said. The team later confirmed an agreement had been reached. Financial terms were not immediately disclosed.
With the move, the Browns bolstered the depth of their receiving corps and added someone they hope can mentor All-Pro Josh Gordon. The 6-foot, 198-pound Burleson visited the Miami Dolphins last week before traveling to Cleveland and meeting with the Browns on Saturday.
Burleson, 32, spent the past four seasons with the Detroit Lions. Burleson, who also played for the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings, has started 103 of the 135 regular-season games in which he has appeared. However, injuries have limited him to only 15 games with 13 starts the last two seasons.To read more or comment...
Browns Pro Bowl center Alex Mack visited the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday, and there are ongoing conversations between the two sides, a league source confirmed today, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.
Mack, 28, had dinner with Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley on Friday night, the Florida Times-Union reported. He left this morning.
After failing to reach a long-term deal with Mack, the Browns placed a transition tag on him in March. If Mack signs the tag, he'll play for the Browns next season under a one-year, $10.039 million deal that would make him the highest-paid center in the NFL by about $2 million.To read more or comment...
Free-agent wide receiver Nate Burleson is visiting the Browns today at their headquarters, a team spokesman confirmed.
Burleson also recently visited the Miami Dolphins, according to several reports.
The 6-foot, 198-pound Burleson, 32, spent the past four seasons with the Detroit Lions. Injuries have limited him to only 15 games with 13 starts the last two seasons.
This past season, Burleson caught 39 passes for 461 yards and a touchdown. His season was interrupted in September by a bizarre, headline-grabbing injury that forced him to miss seven games. Burleson suffered a broken arm in a one-car accident caused by his attempt to keep a pizza he'd purchased from sliding off the passenger seat. The Lions stated there was no alcohol involved.To read more or comment...
All-Pro wide receiver Josh Gordon and All-Pro offensive left tackle Joe Thomas will be honored at the 35th annual Akron Browns Backers banquet May 19 at the Tangier restaurant, 532 W. Market St., Akron.
Several Browns alumni are planning to attend. News Channel 5 sports director and 92.3 The Fan radio host Andy Baskin is scheduled to serve as master of ceremonies.
The local chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America will honor Gordon as the 2013 player of the year and Thomas as the 2013 Dino Lucarelli Good Guy Award winner.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for a fan fest. A VIP cocktail party starts at 6 p.m. and dinner starts at 7 p.m.To read more or comment...
The Browns are scouring the free-agent market for depth at wide receiver, and Nate Burleson is the latest veteran to be revealed as one of their free-agent targets.
Burleson, 32, is scheduled to visit the Browns on Saturday, a league source confirmed this afternoon. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the team won't confirm a visit until it happens.
Alex Marvez of Fox Sports 1 first reported the scheduled visit this afternoon. Burleson is visiting the Miami Dolphins today, according to several reports.
The 6-foot, 198-pound Burleson, a third-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2003, spent the past four seasons with the Detroit Lions. Injuries have limited him to only 15 games with 13 starts the last two seasons.To read more or comment...
The Browns are conducting a private workout today with Central Florida quarterback Blake Bortles, a league source confirmed this afternoon.
The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the Browns are not revealing their itinerary for private workouts leading up to the draft, which will run May 8-10.
Many draft analysts consider Bortles the top-rated quarterback and believe the Houston Texans could pick him No. 1 overall.
The Browns, of course, are also in the market for a quarterback. They'll likely nab one with one of two first-round picks (Nos. 4 and 26 overall) or with their choice early in the second round (No. 35 overall).To read more or comment...
Updated at 2:30 p.m.
The Browns missed a hell of a show when they skipped Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel's pro day last week, but they were in attendance today for another impressive and notable workout.
A Browns spokesman told the team's radio show, Cleveland Browns Daily, that the franchise was represented this morning at the pro day of South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. In a subsequent conversation with the Beacon Journal, the spokesman declined to disclose who attended the workout on behalf of the Browns.
The spokesman was correcting NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock. Reporting from the pro day in Columbia, S.C., Mayock said on the air that the Browns were not in attendance.To read more or comment...
The Washington Redskins and former Philadelphia Eagles three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson agreed to terms on a three-year contract late Tuesday night, ESPN and NFL Network reported.
The deal is reportedly worth $24 million and includes $16 million guaranteed.
The Browns think Jackson is a good player and did homework on him, but they didn't appear to be serious suitors despite reports to the contrary.
NBC Washington sports anchor Diana Russini reported Tuesday afternoon that the Browns were "going hard" after Jackson "with [an] offer." ESPN.com's John Keim reported Tuesday night that the Browns had "serious interest" in Jackson.To read more or comment...
As expected, the Browns will perform a pre-draft double dip with Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr.
Carr is scheduled to visit the Browns in late April at their headquarters, he revealed today during an interview with Cleveland.com. The draft will run May 8-10.
The Browns recently began their tour of private workouts with quarterbacks by dining with Carr on Sunday night and working him out on Monday in Fresno, Calif.
In an interview Monday night on Sirius XM NFL Radio's Late Hits, Carr said the Browns sent a contingent composed of General Manager Ray Farmer, coach Mike Pettine, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to meet with him.To read more or comment...
A sports anchor based in Washington, D.C., reported the Browns are pursuing former Philadelphia Eagles three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson, but the Washington Redskins might not let him get away.
NBC Washington's Diana Russini reported today the Browns "are going hard with [an] offer" after Jackson. Russini also reported the San Francisco 49ers have thrown their hat in the ring for Jackson and that he'll visit the 49ers Wednesday if he doesn't sign with the Redskins today.
As many as nine teams, including the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills, reportedly expressed interest in Jackson after the Eagles cut him Friday amid questions about his off-field behavior and alleged connections to Los Angeles street gangs. The Eagles had reportedly been trying to trade him before they severed ties with little explanation.
But Jackson has visited only one team – the Redskins. ESPN.com reported Jackson had dinner with Redskins coach Jay Gruden and other members of the staff Monday night before meetings with the organization today at its facility.To read more or comment...
The Browns recently began their tour of private workouts with quarterback prospects, and Fresno State's Derek Carr believes he served as a strong opening act.
"It went so good," Carr told Gil Brandt and Alex Marvez Monday night on Sirius XM NFL Radio's Late Hits.
Carr said the Browns sent a contingent composed of General Manager Ray Farmer, coach Mike Pettine, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to meet with him in Fresno, Calif. He dined with team officials Sunday night and worked out for them Monday.
"They were all out here, so it was good to be able to go to dinner with them last night and work out for them today," Carr said. "Everything went great. It went exactly how we wanted it to and now, of course, we just wait till May and see how they're feeling."To read more or comment...


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I live in Greenfield with my husband and cat. I work full time. Frugality and simplicity have been a part of my life long before they became popular and it has made life a lot less stressful. I love volunteering, home improvement/decorating, crafting and gardening.
There IS Strength In Numbers
We cannot do everything on our own. With assistance from others who are attempting to reach the same goal as us, we can get things done.
If there is a drug house(s) in a neighborhood, neighbors can get together and work with the police department and the city/municipality to get the illegal activities out of the area. One neighbor cannot do it alone and should not be expected to. Working together, neighbors can make their neighborhood a safe place to call home for their families. I'm not talking about becoming a vigilante but just letting people know that illegal activities are not going to take down your neighborhood. If no one does anything, soon the good people start moving out and the bad start taking over and moving in. I've seen it happen.
Squirrels & Lawsuit in West Allis
I know only what I've read and heard on TV regarding the gentleman who feeds the birds, squirrels, etc. on South 72nd Street in West Allis. I also heard he keeps the yard immaculate...,meaning he is trying to keep the place up - however, peanut shells, bird food, etc. and get into other yards just the same. Now, this is only what I've read and seen on the TV newscasts.
My husband and I lived for about 32 years in our duplex in West Allis and my husband grew up in West Allis. It was time to move when the area we lived in became infested with drug dealing, usage and home/yards that were not maintained. Therefore, I'm not quite sure where I stand pertaining to this issue of peanut shells and feeding squirrels. For neighbors to do property damage and take this situation to court, I believe they are dealing with more than we have been told through the media. When my mom was alive, she would give peanuts to the squirrels and when some neighbors mentioned the peanut shells in their yards (not many), I asked if they minded it - they said no and got a kick out of my mom enjoying herself. I did eventually put a stop to it because the squirrels started to get a little too close to mom and watched for her to come outside.


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I would look at the Rails Way (by Obie Fernandez), it's probably one of the better "in depth" Rails books out there, imho.
Agile Development on Rails, Practical Rails Projects, Ajax on Rails, The Rails Way, Practical Rails Plugins all were very useful to me....As was O'Reilly's Ruby book. In general I have been happy with anything by O'Reilly. The Pragmatic Programmer book on rails was excellent start.
Yes, it is a good choice ......... also consider latest version of "Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition":http://pragprog.com/titles/rails3/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition ( now available only as beta PDF, expected release on 15 March )
Thanks a lot Balaji, i went through the links you have provided. I needed a reference book for rails, i think 'Rails way' would be a good choice. Any suggestion highly appreciated.
Go through the following posts in WWR
"Learning resources":http://www.workingwithrails.com/forums/1-general-discussion/topics/16-learning-resources
I am a beginner in ruby on rails, am confirtable with the basics of rails. I am looking for some rails books/tutorial links, that will help me to get into rails deeply.
Any kind of help is highly appreciated.
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Don't get me wrong, I love books about starship captains, especially women captains, but how is Kris Longknife different from the rest?
You're right, Hornblower in space is something a lot of folks enjoy reading. As I've often told new writers, it's not so important to come up with a totally new idea... those are truly rare... but to come up with a new idea about an idea, and treat it in an interesting way with fun characters. Now that can get you a lot of readers
When I pitched Ace Books a Hornblower in space series, I told them I wanted to do it as a coming of age story. Some writers start with a captain already. I wanted to start Kris out as an ensign. Boot ensigns are usually in trouble. Ask any senior officer... boot ensigns are trouble. They're all tied up figuring out the right way from the wrong way from the Navy way. And often on the wrong side of all of them. They don't think of it as mutiny. They aren't trying to be insubordinate, but ....
Then there's Kris's family.
I'd already created a universe full of interesting characters that could be her great grandparents. These people changed the way the world wagged and created the world Kris lived in. Now, what if that world fell apart?
Imagine what Lenin's great-granddaughter might have watching all those statues get torn down. Hmm.
And another thing. I've noticed that the truly great are often separated from the just great by what part of their life they have left over for their family. So I added Grampa Al and Billy Longknife, the politician, and in no time, I had a totally dysfunctional family, That certainly separated Kris those SF heroes with mom's and dads you'd just love to come home to.
Now we've got a world with lots of problems. A world that thought it was done with heroes and may, just possibly, be about to become desperately in need of a few. Not that they want one. Nope, no good deed goes unpunished.
Then my son told me that my first Grandkid was going to be a Grand girl.
And I remembered spending a wonderful couple of hours with Elizabeth Moon at Rusty Con, sharing our mutual love for the Heinlein juveniles. Only, unlike me, before Elizabeth could get too far into one, she had to change the gender of one of the main characters. At twelve, I'm ashamed to say I hadn't notice, but it hit her smack in the face. All the people doing interesting things were boys. All the girls were sitting off in a corner or maybe coming in with coffee.
So, in order to relate to someone fun and interesting in the book, Elizabeth had to change the guys into a gal. Then she could enjoy the book.
That couldn't happen to my grandchild, my Nikki Girl. No one was going to tell her that she couldn't be a hero. That she had to sit in the back of the bus or do boring things. If she wanted to take off on a Hero's Journey, her grampa would buy her a ticket.
So Ace was told that Kris Longknife was very much a girl. She'd be shooting at her assailants while running backwards in high heels on wet cobblestones. She could throw a caber in a cocktail dress and shame hooting sailors to silence. She could hide out in a harem in a burke with a five gallon can of tomato sauce to fake pregnancy while a bantam grandmother sent armed guards fleeing as her own daughter faked birth pains. Yep, Kris Longknife is a powerful woman, making her own way, as just that—a woman
You mentioned the characters of Grampa Ray and Trouble. Ah, I read the books they were in and a guy by the name of Mike Moscoe wrote them. Do you know him? Aren't you violating copyright?
Oh. Right. Him. Mike and I are close. (Nervous laugh) Very close. If you drop into my website at www.mikeshepherd.org, you'll see that Mike Moscoe and I share a lot of things in common. A mother. A father. A birthday. We're kind of the same guy.
When I was working on the Kris Longknife idea, my editor asked me if I'd be willing to write them under a different name. I'd been warned by other writers that this could happen, and it took me all of half a second to say, "Sure. No problem." Thus, Mike Shepherd became a writer.
Shepherd was my mother's maiden name. I can't tell you how delighted she is to have me writing under the name she was born with. That was one of the reasons I could agree to the name change so quickly.
But like so many wonderful things that happen to us in life, the reasons for them often have many layers. Just why did Ace Books ask me to change my name?
Mainly because book stores today have computers to keep track of sales. Boy, do they track sales. The first six weeks of sales are the most important, because the next time that author has a book come out, the buyers take a quick glance at that writer's last book... and order that many copies of the next book.
(Note to readers. Please buy my books... and all your favorite authors' books... the first six weeks after they come out. We'll love you for it and get to keep writing.)
If sales are really bad, the bookstore computer can flag a writer's name to only order two of the next book and Do Not Reorder. That's understandable. They only have so much shelf space. They can't afford to tie it up with books that don't go out the door.
But for a writer, it's impossible to grow your sales when there are no reorders.
My first sale to Ace was a trilogy. Now trilogies are great if the first book catches fire and everyone can't wait for the second book and the third. But if the first book stays on someone's to-be-read stack and they don't get around to it until after the second has come and gone and...
You see the problem. Lots of trilogies don't catch fire. Sometimes the third book never makes it into print. Or they can be like my poor trilogy. Book one: Great sales. Book two: Bad sales. Book three: Really bad sales.
Now I was lucky in two respects. When I turned in the last book of the trilogy, all excited about my characters and wanting to do a fourth book, my editor, Ginjer Buchanan, suggested I try something different for a change. I'd been daydreaming of writing a space opera since I was about twelve (and have the C's and D's to prove it) and I launched into First Casualty with gusto.
(Note to future writers. Always pay attention to your editor.)
My second stroke of luck was one I earned. I write fast and steady. Ace wanted a book a year from me and they got it, delivered right on the due date. So, before the less-talked-about-the-better numbers came in for book three, I'd already turned in First Casualty and had The Price of Peace under contract. Those, and They Also Serve, brought my sales back up to the level of the first book—but no higher. With the computers hanging that third book around my neck, Mike Moscoe was stuck.
That could have been the end of my writing career, but Ace offered me a way to fool the computer. Reflag me. They didn't have to. I'm grateful they did. I know writers who weren't given the option.
Why did I get the chance? That you'll have to ask the folks at Ace. My guess is that I was writing good and getting better. I delivered on schedule and was always easy on my editor. Something to take note of for those of you thinking of making a career in writing.
I can't help but notice that the first two books were Mutineer and Deserter, but the last ones have been Defiant, Resolute and the newest is Audacious. You went from UCMJ misconduct to aggressive battleship names. Is there a story behind that?
A couple, actually. Oh, and the book I'm turning in as Audacious comes out is Intrepid, an American aircraft carrier. Enough of those old British battleships.
So, let's see. I have this quirky sense of humor that sometimes gets me in trouble. Back in 1999 when I was pitching Kris Longknife, I thought it would be fun to use titles that go against type. To have Kris go up the promotion ladder making one career ending decision after another, but not mess up bad enough so here dad's Navy could actually toss her out. Hahaha.
I turned Mutineer in a month after 9/11. Deserter was pretty well scoped out. Relieved of Command was the first book fully developed after 9/11. You can probably spot the fingerprints of that horrible day.
Oh, but you didn't read Relieved of Command. Right, you read Defiant.
Well, you see, my brother's youngest boy marched up to Baghdad with the 101st Airmobile. And he mentioned that he got some awfully fishy looks from his sergeant while he was reading my books. So did everyone else in the company until the sergeant finally made it to the very bottom of his reading stack and gave into reading "That book." And discovered it wasn't a "How To" book.
Times really had changed. I called Ginjer after delivering RofC and asked if we could change its name to Defiant. She gladly did. Very gladly, I suspect.
But I came painfully close to getting shot over it.
You see, my good friend John Hemry had also been offered a chance to reflag himself. His first book as Jack Campbell was to be Lost Fleet Defiant. He'd spent a whole year writing that book.
And turned it in a week after Relieved of Command became Defiant, with a publication date just a few months before John's. He got a call from his editor saying he couldn't call his book Defiant.
I got an e-mail suggesting pistols at dawn. Say five paces.
We settled the matter short of violence. His book got a very good new title: Lost Fleet Dauntless. But every World Con, you can see the two of us going through the names of ships and dividing them between us. He got Fearless next and then Valiant. Oh, I really liked that name, but I got Audacious and Intrepid, so I couldn't kick.
Who would have thought that naming books could get so competitive?
Where are you going next with Kris? Is she ever going to get a boy friend that doesn't get killed or marry one of the women around Kris ... or both?
I can't say too much less I give away the ending of Audacious. But I can say that Kris will very likely spend a good five years as a Lieutenant. One thing I've heard from a lot of officers was that the best years of their lives were as J.O. And the very best year was in command. I don't know why so many SF versions of Hornblower rush their officer to high rank. Kris is, and I suspect the readers are, having a ball with her just where she is. She'll have to make LtCdr some day. I've even got a story line bouncing around in my head where she actually gets to command her own destroyer, so don't fear that she'll always be outside the normal chain of command. But then... Oh, never mind. That story has to wait.
As for when Kris gets a boyfriend. The answer to that is quite simple. There's a little girl in the third grade busy learning to read and write.
I've always tried to keep my writing easy and accessible. In the 5th or 6th grade I was reading out of the adult library. I figure Nikki will be, too. So, figure in two or three years, my granddaughter will get to read what you're reading now. When she comes to me and says "Grampa, why doesn't Kris ever get a boyfriend?" Kris will get one the very next book.
Of course, that doesn't mean there won't continue to be more reasons for Kris to add to her bridesmaid dress collection. And she's bound to meet some men that could stand toe to toe with her. What I think she really needs is a young man who grew up much like her. Scion of a wealthy family. A family that lead the fleets in the Iteeche War. That has built a power base during the long peace.
Course, knowing Kris's luck, he'd likely have four eyes, four arms and four legs. An Iteeche!. Hmmm.
Excuse me, I think a feel a book proposal coming on.
But no matter what is going on when Nikki says Kris needs a boyfriend, there's always that delightful rogue Captain Drago, and... no, I killed that guy off. And... no, I married that one off. Well, there's always Jack...
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First time mom here, and I've just been admitted into the hospital on strict bed rest to avoid going back into preterm labor. Last week I had some cramping that the doctor thought might be caused by dehydration, but it developed into spotting. A positive fetal fibronectin test later, I was starting to have active contractions, and a vaginal ultrasound revealed cervical funneling. Tocolytics, betamethasone injections, progesterone injections, Procardia, and strict bed rest have stopped labor from progressing, but the doctors (yes, multiple) are reluctant to send me home in case I go back into labor.
My poor husband is running his butt off trying to entertain
me here at the hospital and going back to the house to visit his family
(they made the 11+ hour drive to see us for Christmas since we can't be
there) and take care of our two dogs. Unfortunately, he's military and
may have to return to a school in a couple of weeks, which would leave
me with no one around to help out.
So, I'm wondering if anyone out there has any pearls of wisdom, antecdotes, etc regarding preterm labor and bedrest before the start of the 3rd trimester. I'm out of entertainment, comfortable positions, and need some encouragment!
Wow it sounds like you have had a rough several weeks. As a NICU nurse, I can tell you that as hard as it is, you need to be on bedrest. Your baby will have a much better outcome, the longer you can keep him or her inside. BUT rest assured that if your baby were to be born now, there are sooooo many amazing things that we do. Each week is vital.
While you may get unbelievably bored, try emailing friends to have someone come visit you each day you are there. Now is the time to start keeping a diary of the trials and tribulations the next several months will bring. Your baby will enjoy reading them when he is older. Make a book list of books you would like to catch up on right now or movies you have never seen. Also, being on these types of forums can be a great way to connect with other moms and make the day go by a little easier.
Your doctor may feel more comfortable sending you home in a few weeks, but for now you are stuck there. Try to relax and take it easy...once the baby arrives, you will be plenty busy!
If you need any more advice or have any questions, my NICU experience may come in handy to you. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts this holiday season. Glad you could join Strong moms.
I am so sorry to hear that you are in the hospital for the holidays. However, I think you are in the right place. I was pregnant with twins and not due until Jan 18 but they had a different plan. At 26 weeks my son's water broke in the middle of the night. After confirming it was my water but no contractions and dilation i was told i needed to stay in the hospital until delivery. Which meant at least 7 weeks in the hospital on complete bed rest. I wanted to sign myself out but after talking to many doctors including the NICU Doctor it was best form me to stay. I ended up delivering my babies at 29 weeks and 2 days. My labor started around 7:30am and i had my first baby at 10:06am it went so fast that i never got an epidural and i ended up going natural and my daughter came out breech. If I had not listened and came home I might not have made it back in time. I know its very boring and hard on your husband but its worth it in the end. My poor husband was home working, taking care of other kids, housework and trying to see me. Hang in there the reward at the end is so worth it. Plus having a baby in the NICU is so hard. The longer you keep the baby in the less time in the NICU. I think they said for every day you keep the baby in thats 2 less days in the NICU. Good Luck and hang in there you can do it!!!
Hi, Courtney
Wow. Your story sounds so familiar. I went into preterm labor at 28 weeks with my son five years ago. I was working full time and thinking I could do everything at full speed...being stressed out at work, I wasn't staying hydrated or really eating well either. Some small spotting led me to the doctor. I went through the same things at the hospital except that after five hours my labor stopped and my doctor sent me home. I was on full bed rest for two weeks and put on medicine to keep the contractions at bay. After that time, I got my doctor's okay to return to work part time. I would work in the morning and then come home in the afternoon for bedrest until the next day. I made it through my pregnancy until the 38th week when the doctor took me off of the medicine. I thought I would go into labor on my own, but I was finally induced at 39 weeks. My baby boy was beautiful and healthy. This was my second child. My first pregnancy was so fun and easy. I think God intervened during the second one to have me take a step back to remember to take care of myself and the baby. I'm so thankful as my son has been a true gift in my life.
You can make it through this. Hang in there! Remember who you are doing this for! I think you will be well taken care of in the hospital. I wonder if you could go home and be on full bed rest...but then again, unless you have someone who can help care for you full time, the hospital is the best place to be. When you are at home, you could be tempted to do too much!
Since you have to be on bedrest, here are some reading suggestions: The Baby Whisperer, Babywise, The Happiest Baby on the Block (a must read!), and The No Cry Sleep Solution. These are all so helpful. I read the first two books with my first two children, and the last two books with my third child (she just turned 3 1/2 months old).
Good luck and may God bless you and your family.
Thanks for your reply--I appreciate all the info I can get. We've now made it past the 27 week mark, on our way to 28 weeks, so I'm starting to breathe a little easier. I'm still keeping my legs crossed, though!
Were you on any meds during your hospital stay? Did you have any contractions during your stay at the hospital? I've been here nearly 2 full weeks on Procardia with very few sporadic contractions, so I'm staying optimistic. I've reached 27 weeks and am working towards 28 with high hopes. They tell me my son acts more like a 32 week old baby instead of the 27 week old that he is, so I'm staying optimistic! I'm guessing your twins were in NICU for awhile. Did everything turn out okay with both of them?
Thanks for the reading suggestions--now the trick is getting my husband to go out and look for those books... :-) He is doing a good job of bringing me novels to read, so that's helping. I'm also using the time to learn guitar (which I had tried once before when I had too much else going on) so, other than the bad days when I just want to get out of bed and nothing sounds fun, I'm keeping pretty well occupied.
I'm so glad to hear that you managed to carry your son full-term. Since we've gone 2 weeks without incident, I'm hoping I can do the same. I have an ultrasound Tuesday to recheck my cervix, and I'm really hoping they'll have good news then. I'm hoping I can be changed to modified bed rest, as my husband will be returning to training soon, and I'll have no one here to take care of me, but I'm sure I'll come up with something if I stay on strict bed rest.
Thanks for your advice and encouragement!
Yes, i took lots of meds, not so much to stop labor. I took things like prenatal vitamin, fish oil, progestrone, etc. In the 2 1/2 weeks i was in the hospital i had maybe 4 contractions so it was a shock when i went into full blown labor so fast. Thank god everything has turned out good so far. Yes they were in the NICU. They were born on 11/4/09 and my daughter just came home on christmas eve. my son has to stay longer, i am hoping this week he will be able to come home. he is still on oxygen but doing good.
I know the hospitals around us will allow you to bring in things like Xboxs and such, as well as laptops if your going to be staying for an unknown amount of time that is going to be signifcant. I'd Check and see what kind of rules they have on bringing those kind of things as well. If nothing the handheld games might also work i can tellyou from experince you can only read so many days in a row before you start to just not want to anymore no matter how good the book is. The picking up giutar thing sounds cool i used to play when i had more times on my hand also try things like knitting and cross stitch it takes alot of concertration so i'll help keep your mind off things. Keep us updated.
Crochet! My grandmother taught me the chain stitch when I was young, so I googled crochet and found a series of left handed tutorials on you tube, and now I'm working on an afghan for my son. Granted, it won't be something we keep on display, lol, but I'm hoping by the time I finish it I should be practiced enough to make another for my sister's baby. The hour on the monitor this morning flew by while I was busy working on it. Yay!
Anyone out there know of some safe exercises I can do while on bed rest? My legs are starting to feel achy, and I get pins and needles in my feet when i get up to go to the bathroom. I try to continually work my feet (roll them around, flex and extend), but if there are some better exercises, I'd love to try them.
Thanks for all the responses--it's been a big help talking to moms with experience.
I was admitted to the hospital at 20 weeks - i was in for a stitch and little did I know that I was having contractions as well. I stayed in the hospital for one week on indocin and then went home. I was back in a week later for my emergency stitch. I stayed on strict bedrest for five months. My advice - go shopping for the baby online - see if someone can get you a laptop. Also, stay away from websites that are not positive. I was always googling things I should not have and then wound up having a panic attack over something I should not have been reading. In the end, my boy was born at 36 weeks - almost 37 weeks and did not have to go into the NICU. I know it seems like a long way to go, and believe me I understand...but it is all worth it in the end.
I am a 3 time preemie mom.. with my last baby I was admitted for preterm labor at 24 weeks and spent 8 weeks on strict hospital bedrest, magnesium sulfate, and terbutaline for breakthrough contraction which happened a good 5 times a day for my whole stay. He was finally born at 32 weeks due to a placental abruption.
He had underdeveloped lungs, required a vent, then cpap, had a 5 week NICU stay and unfortunately at 14 months still has a a host of medical issues. He is developmentally delayed, has suspected cerebral palsy, has feeding and aspiration issues requiring thickened feeds, has chronic lung disease and is on a home oxygen saturation monitor and spent the first 10 months on an apnea monitor, requires about 5 different daily meds, and has ahd 13 hospitalizations. He gets physical, occupational, and speech (feeding) therapies weekly. Hes also had 2 surgeries (a hydrocele repair and eye muscle surgery).
Now my other 2 prteemies, a 35 weeker and a 34 weeker were completely healthy and home in 3 days :)
Wow, SativaStarr, I'll keep you and your son in my prayers. I'm a 'gotta know everything there is to know on the subject' kind of person, so as soon as I found out I was pregnant, I bought an OB/GYN textbook, borrowed my mom's nursing OB/GYN texts, and started reading medical journals online on obstetrics. Luckily, knowing all the bad things that can go wrong doesn't upset me--it actually makes me feel better that everything is going well with the baby, and then when something goes wrong (when I went into pre-term labor, for example), I knew exactly what the doctor and nurses were talking about, so they could use medical terms around me and I still knew what they were saying.
What scared me was the fact that we might not be able to stop labor, but once they did, I relaxed quite a bit. Now my biggest challenge is keeping entertained and finding a comfy position!
I really like hearing all the different stories you ladies have added on here--it helps to remind me that everyone's experience is different and gives me different perspectives to contemplate.
I have a question for all you mommies out there: when sleeping on your side, did you ever feel like you were squashing your baby? I wake up on my side and feel like I'm putting too much weight on my abdomen, but sleeping with all my weight completely on my hips is devastatingly uncomfortable. I've added a wedge to elevate my upper half, which helps, but I'd like to know if I'm just being paranoid about squishing Carson!
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The balls would shoot out sometimes two at a time and then on the second time we used it, it stop shooting the balls altogether. Adjusting the pitching height was a pain. It was a good idea if it had worked.
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My 10 yr old daughter and 15 yr old son have both used this and they liked being able to get in a lot of reps in a short amount of time.
Can be set up and operated by one person, but two people is optimal.
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has been excellent training aid for hand eye coordination and strike zone recognition. the yellow and white offer different flight paths. sometimes tricky movements on balls mimics real pitching. i use it just about every day and feel it is making me a better hitter. assembly and adding battery reallly no big deal, it's just disappointing that they mention in the ad that you'll have to do it. battery holds charge very well, get hours of play out of a charge. great value.
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For all of you that are eager to cast a fly, I would suggest going home and tying a few instead.
Jerry over at the Ridgway Conoco on Tuesday reported that angling on Ridgway Reservoir remains hot and that he can't keep dark-colored Kastmasters on the shelf.
Fishing from the banks of the reservoir has garnered a good number of rainbow trout and boaters have brought in some large browns. Unfortunately, he said, "It looks like Pa-Co-Chu-Puk is not fishable."
Jerry has also heard reports that the Dallas Creek Channel has been fishing well for those drifting night crawlers. If chucking meat isn't your thing, throw a San Juan worm or a Red Copper John and see if that works. If not, go to the meat and a drifting bobber.
This time of year can be a depressing time for fly-fishers as even the dam-fed rivers are blown out or off-color. On an average spring, the Uncompahgre will crest usually around the first week of June (last year it was last week in May). So the wait could be short to fish the waters below the Ridgway Reservoir or it could yet be a while. Anything could happen with this erratic Colorado weather.
While officials in both Ouray and Gunnison counties couldn't confirm when County Road 5 to Silver Jack reservoir would be open, it's time to think about heading up into the high country for some good non-motorized boat fishing at Silver Jack.
"That usually fishes really well," Jerry said, "especially at the inlet. It is normally well stocked." He went on to say that Rowdy Lake, which is right next to Silver Jack, is also a fun and happening place to fish – once the road is open, of course.
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- Denville Police assist in case sending man to prison
- Demolition of vacant buildings at future LG headquarters in Englewood Cliffs under way
- Mental illness haunted Clifton stabbing suspect
- Two Paterson men shot to death in less than 15 hours
- MLB: Jackie Robinson Day observes game's strides
- NHL: Playoff preview
- Two Bergen County men indicted in heroin death of Emerson woman
- Bridge scandal papers show depth of Christie staffers' endorsement work
- Firm hired for probe is GOP donor; $10,000 disclosed as Christie backs unlimited contributions
- Boxing: It's time for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Manny Pacquiao
- Hackensack man charged in sexual assault, kidnapping of minor
- Mental illness haunted Clifton stabbing suspect
- Nets notes: Shaun Livingston, Alan Anderson making progress
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